All Dharma Dispatch essays on History and Historiography
Today is the day we commemorate the sacred memory of one of the greatest Hindu heroes of all time: Pratap Singh I Sisodia popularly respected as Maharana Pratap. This unparalleled warrior and imposing Kshatriya lionheart was fittingly born in the formidable fort of Kumbalgarh. There was no room for weakness,
In this Series Part 1: UNMASKING THE MAHATMAHOOD OF GANDHI: R.C. MAJUMDAR’S FRANK ASSESSMENT OF MOHANDAS GANDHI Part 2: INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE WAS SECONDARY TO MOHANDAS GANDHI: R.C. MAJUMDAR UNMASKS GANDHI Years before R.C. Majumdar wrote his classic and authoritative History of the Freedom Movement in
In the previous part discussing R.C. Majumdar’s frank and objective critique of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, we had seen how Majumdar showed, using Gandhi’s own words, that Satyagraha had no fair role in India’s struggle for freedom. In the present episode, we present a continuation of the
In an earlier piece on The Dharma Dispatch, I had given a glimpse of the extraordinary life, stunning scholarship and devoted national service of one of the world’s greatest historians, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar. I had also narrated in some detail as to why Jawaharlal Nehru and his cronies like
Note: This is the English translation of Dr. Shankar Saran’s Hindi article titled गोविन्दाचार्य: स्वतंत्र भारत का एक राजनीतिक-बौद्धिक इतिहास published in “Naya India.” Translated by Priyank Chauhan. Shri K.
The life, career, and legacy of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar continues to remain an unnecessarily controversial topic just like most malaises afflicting politics and public life in India since Nawab Nehru was illegitimately thrust upon us as Prime Minister who inaugurated a dark new era of totalitarianism much worse than the
Editor’s Note: This excerpt is part of a history initiative at The Dharma Dispatch, which aims to educate and inform our readers about both little-known and well-known aspects of Indian history drawn entirely from primary sources. The aim and purpose of this initiative is to evoke interest
Starting with this, The Dharma Dispatch will carry a series aimed at providing the true picture of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. This series will be in the nature of providing archived excerpts or full-length essays republished here. The following has been excerpted from The Owosso Argus-
The current situation is complex and uncertain with each of the major groups tangentially pursuing their own agendas. The present day dynamics can be explained as follows. NSCN(K) NSCN (K) unilaterally abrogated the ceasefire in March 2015. This was followed by a series of violent incidents in Kohima, Tuengsang
Preface William James Durant more popularly known as Will Durant holds a unique distinction for a singular reason: he is perhaps the only Western scholar-historian-commentator who spoke with blunt candour against the naked evil of European, specifically, the British colonialism of Bharatavarsha. And gave a blow-by-blow